Aluminum metal is mainly extruded from molten Bauxite by electrolysis. a) Name the main impurity in this ore. b) Briefly describe how the impurity is removed from...

      

Aluminum metal is mainly extruded from molten Bauxite by electrolysis.
a) Name the main impurity in this ore.
b) Briefly describe how the impurity is removed from the ore before electrolysis process.

  

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Maurice
a) Iron III hydroxide

b) Concentrated sodium hydroxide is added at 4 atm pressure to the Bauxite at 160C AL203 dissolves in the sodium hydroxide leaving the iron III oxide as a solid
maurice.mutuku answered the question on November 1, 2019 at 08:38


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